Steps to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Seafood Chowder

Seafood Chowder.

Seafood Chowder

Hey everyone, it's John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to make a special dish, seafood chowder. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook seafood chowder using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Seafood Chowder:

  1. {Make ready 8 of bacon slices.
  2. {Make ready 8 of green onions minced - reserve green part and set aside.
  3. {Make ready 2 Tbs of thyme.
  4. {Take 2 of whole garlic's minced.
  5. {Make ready 4 Tbs of flour.
  6. {Make ready 5 cups of milk (I used nonfat).
  7. {Prepare 2 1/2 cups of chicken stock.
  8. {Take 2 of bay leaves.
  9. {Make ready 2 lbs of raw shrimp in shell.
  10. {Make ready 4 of lobster tails.
  11. {Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
  12. {Get 1 tsp of pepper.
  13. {Prepare 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes (I used 2 tsp because I like it spicy).
  14. {Prepare 24 oz of frozen corn.
  15. {Get 2 cans of crab meat (I used Blue Star).

Instructions to make Seafood Chowder:

  1. In a stock pot, cook bacon. Remove bacon when finished and set aside..
  2. Sauteed green onion, thyme and garlic in bacon reserves for about 3-5 minutes..
  3. Stir in flour, milk chicken stock and bay leaves. Continue stirring for about 1 minute..
  4. On medium low heat, add shrimp and lobster tails. Cook for about 15 minutes or until shrimp is done. Try not to overcook the seafood..
  5. Remove shrimp and lobster tails when cooked and turn stovetop to low..
  6. Remove shrimp and lobster from shells. Chop lobster into pieces then add both back to pot..
  7. Add salt, pepper, pepper flakes, crab meat and corn. Cook for another 5 minutes on medium low then add bacon bits and the green part of onions..
  8. You can adjust the seasonings to your taste and add more flour for thickness..

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